A portrait of Helene (Nelly) Walsh, a prominent figure in Nashville art circles. Miss Walsh was a native of Nashville and lived here all her life except for periods of study in the East and in Paris. She had studied at the Art Students League in...

A portrait of Helene (Nelly) Walsh, a prominent figure in Nashville art circles. Miss Walsh was a native of Nashville and lived here all her life except for periods of study in the East and in Paris. She had studied at the Art Students League in...

A portrait of Helene (Nelly) Walsh, a prominent figure in Nashville art circles. Miss Walsh was a native of Nashville and lived here all her life except for periods of study in the East and in Paris. She had studied at the Art Students League in...

A portrait of Helene (Nelly) Walsh, a prominent figure in Nashville art circles. Miss Walsh was a native of Nashville and lived here all her life except for periods of study in the East and in Paris. She had studied at the Art Students League in...

A portrait of Helene (Nelly) Walsh, a prominent figure in Nashville art circles. Miss Walsh was a native of Nashville and lived here all her life except for periods of study in the East and in Paris. She had studied at the Art Students League in...

A letter from Dutch immigrant, Peter J. Williamson, back home to his wife, Eunice, during the Civil War. In 1862 Williamson enlisted as a Private in the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, Company F and was ultimately promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant. During...

Pictured: “Mayor Thomas L. Cummings and other city officials grouped above, inaugurated a program of city-wide street marking yesterday afternoon by placing the first of the new concrete marking posts at the intersection of Eighteenth Avenue,...

A scene from the June 5th, 1962 Iroquois Steeplechase held at Percy Warner Park in Nashville, Tennessee. One of the oldest steeplechases in the country, the Iroquois Steeplechase race was inaugurated in 1941, and has been held annually, except in...

A scene from the June 5th, 1962 Iroquois Steeplechase held at Percy Warner Park in Nashville, Tennessee. One of the oldest steeplechases in the country, the Iroquois Steeplechase race was inaugurated in 1941, and has been held annually, except in...

A scene from the June 5th, 1962 Iroquois Steeplechase held at Percy Warner Park in Nashville, Tennessee. One of the oldest steeplechases in the country, the Iroquois Steeplechase race was inaugurated in 1941, and has been held annually, except in...

A scene from the June 5th, 1962 Iroquois Steeplechase held at Percy Warner Park in Nashville, Tennessee. One of the oldest steeplechases in the country, the Iroquois Steeplechase race was inaugurated in 1941, and has been held annually, except in...

A close-up of Nashville Mayor Ben West and other dignitaries standing with a female jockey who holds a winners’ cup. This photograph was taken at the 1953 Iroquois Memorial Steeplechase held at Percy Warner Park in Nashville, Tennessee. The first...

A close-up of Nashville Mayor Ben West and other dignitaries standing with a female jockey who holds a winners’ cup. This photograph was taken at the 1953 Iroquois Memorial Steeplechase held at Percy Warner Park in Nashville, Tennessee. The first...

A close-up of Nashville Mayor Ben West (wearing a hat) and Mrs. West with some of their friends at the 1953 Iroquois Memorial Steeplechase held at Percy Warner Park in Nashville, Tennessee. The first Iroquois Steeplechase, named for the famed...

A close-up of Nashville Mayor Ben West and (Ben West, Jr.?) and others standing with a female jockey who holds a winners’ cup. This photograph was taken at the 1953 Iroquois Memorial Steeplechase held at Percy Warner Park in Nashville, Tennessee. ...

A close-up of Nashville Mayor Ben West (wearing a hat) and Mrs. West with some of their friends at the 1953 Iroquois Memorial Steeplechase held at Percy Warner Park in Nashville, Tennessee. The first Iroquois Steeplechase, named for the famed...

A Real Photo postcard of the Tarbox School, originally belonging to Sara Webb, a student who was in the fifth or sixth grade around 1932. This view shows the front exterior of the three-story school building prior to the structural damage caused by...